how to get a 39 year old man to clean their bedroom

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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 46,353
    Sprunkn7 wrote:
    eventually when it gets bad enough you'll clean it :lol:
    but it can be amazing what we will put up with !!!!
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  • Claireack
    Claireack Posts: 13,561
    Get a 15 year old boy to come live with you. You will keep your room tidy so that when you ask him to tidy his he won't turn round and say 'but your room is a mess why should I tidy mine'.
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  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    Claireack wrote:
    Get a 15 year old boy to come live with you. You will keep your room tidy so that when you ask him to tidy his he won't turn round and say 'but your room is a mess why should I tidy mine'.

    :lol:


    I don't think I've ever managed to keep my bedroom tidy for more than a couple of days. And I'm just a few weeks shy of 25 years of age. :oops: :roll: :mrgreen:

    Having said that, keeping the kitchen clean is not my forte either. :P In fact.. I should get some washing up done.
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 46,353
    Claireack wrote:
    Get a 15 year old boy to come live with you. You will keep your room tidy so that when you ask him to tidy his he won't turn round and say 'but your room is a mess why should I tidy mine'.
    this sounds an awful lot like you trying to "solve" YOUR problem!!!! hehehehe
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  • EmBleve
    EmBleve Posts: 3,019
    when it passes your personal threshold of what you cannot withstand any longer, you will clean it. ;) That's how it works for me anyway. I clean the rest of the house regular, my room is a different story. :lol:
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    1) If it took a while to get in a bad condition, it will take a while to fix it up.
    2) set a timer for 10-15 minutes, and just start working on 1 section. Separate the trash from the dirty clothes, from the clean clothes, from the papers you need to save.
    3) When the timer rings, stop working on it, or at the most, set the timer for another 10 minutes.
    4) Do the same thing the next day.
    5) Repeat this until it looks better.

    Trust me, this works better than trying to find 4-5 hours to do an all out blitz. If you wait for that, you'll never get started. It is like losing weight - you can't do it all at once but if you are patient and keep at it, it will get better. The small amount of time is key - knowing you can stop after 10 minutes makes it easier to start. Maybe just start arranging/sorting stuff on 1 side of your desk.
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  • Claireack
    Claireack Posts: 13,561
    mickeyrat wrote:
    Claireack wrote:
    Get a 15 year old boy to come live with you. You will keep your room tidy so that when you ask him to tidy his he won't turn round and say 'but your room is a mess why should I tidy mine'.
    this sounds an awful lot like you trying to "solve" YOUR problem!!!! hehehehe
    :lol:

    You could be right!
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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    chadwick wrote:
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    :lol: :clap: Fantastic :mrgreen:
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    update?
    81 is now off the air

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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    81 wrote:
    update?
    i still pay my neighbor $5 a shot when i bum his dirt devil vaccum. i am enjoying my pearl jam posters & all my pearl jam stickers alongside my dole banana stickers i am collecting from all over the tropical world that i stick all over the place
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce

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